Improvement in sawing-machines



log, the attenuated strip or shaving of wood which would otherwise return to the log and adhere to and clog the movement ofthe saw, and render the ma chine inoperative, I mount a cylindrical brush,fv, upon an adjacent part of the machine-frame, in such a situation and position that it shall revolve in the sa1ne general direct-ion as that traveled by the saw, but at a much greater rate of speed, and shallimpinge against the teeth of'such saw, and by this in'eans effect the removal therefrom ofthe shaving:r as before premised. The brush` or itsequivalent performs' a veryimporrant'offiee in cutting a continuons stripof wood spirally from about the circumference of a log with a band-saw, as without it I have been unable to effect such a result7 owing to the clogging of the saw.

The mode of supporting or applying the head or frame @5to the main frame of the-machine, as herein explained, is attended with valuable results, as it enables the relative posit-ion of the log in relation to the saw and its own center of support, and the longitudinal axis of the frame, to be varied, as it is well known the greater the hold of the saw thereupon.

Claims.

l. The combination of the head or frame a5, swiveled as explained, the carriage m, and the endless band saw m', under the arrangement and for operation as herein set forth.. y

2. The combination with the endless baud-saw of the directingfroller o', the horizontally-vibratory rollerbar s', and the devices for adjust-ing the position of said roller and bar, under the arrangement. shown and described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aiiixed my signature before the subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HENRY MAYO.

Witnesses E. GRIFIMTH, G. A. Lomme.

that the more remote the cnt of the saw is effected upon the log 'rearward of the center of its periphery, 

